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Chicago examiner fz-jy^i a.ly fair to-day and to-morrow except w possibly a local thunderstorm slight ly warmer to-day moderate variable q x j mvcsl _: k k average b vol ix no 204 a m wednesday wednesday Chicago august 16 1911 18 pages gou^^r of town have tl hiro you on your vacation l h an rÃŸbj|^p--s made as often a esi:ed vacttmm^c-jption rates po_t pai_t dafl^__;aminer two weeks 15 cents daily examiner four weeks 30 cent sunday examiner 1 month 25 cents call up subscription dept main r>ooo or auto no 33sth qim roar racation dcu nd -â€¢ will t-rt jmper follo-taj mÂ«rni a ~. i'llluf omc price one cent e?___l _- rr:tr - two aviators killed in plunge from clouds badger dashed to field johnstone falls 1,000 feet into the lake cheico flyer dmggfid to bottom is shattered tim dip of death kills dther hydroplane rushes over lake m desperate effort to save moisant man badger's skull pierced by bolt from engine and legs broken by the awful crash to field officials decide to continue meet in interest of science two lives was the toll paid yesterday for man's attempt to conquer the air m Chicago the dead are william r badger of the baldwin camp st croix johnstone of the moisant international aviators besides these two deaths there were two other accidents m which both aviators had miraculous escapes c p rodgers m a wright biplane while flying m a passenger-carrying contest plunged into the lake ke was rescued by a fleet of motor boats in the same event walter brook ins also flying a wright lost control of his machine and plunged into the lagoon excavation m the center of the aerodrome both escaped with slight bruises the executive committee of the aviation meet association met last night and after a lengthy discussion decided not to abandon the meet in a statement issued later the committee while deploring the fatalities pointed out that each teaches its lesson to the survivors and the world profits thereby badger was crushed to death under the wreckage of his machine shortly after 3 o'clock when he attempted to negotiate a precipitous plunge toward the earth he had successfully reached the bottom of the dip and had started up when the pressure of t:he air proved too great a strain on the planes ol his flyer and they folded together with a sickening crash continued waveringly upward for a second and then dropped johnstone lost his life when his monoplane plunged into the lake about a mile from shore just north of the Illinois central depot the screams of thousands of horrified spectators went into the air when he plunged out of sight beneath the surface of the water this acci dent completely upset the nerves of the multitude strained to the breaking point by the horrible death of badger earlier m the afternoon the moisant flyer had been trying for the endurance prize and had been tip m the air since 1 : 30 his t all took place well after 6 o'clock the first warning that the spectators had was a connonlike report accom panied by a flash of flame the gaso line tank had exploded partially de stroying one of the wings from the height of a thousand feet almost straight as a plummet nose pointed d ownward loose cloth streaming oui behind the aeroplane dove toward the earth a groan which gathered volume as it passed from mouth to mouth wa heard from one end of the field to the other then after the monoplane went out of sight into the water there was a period of intense silence , then another cry went up this time one of almost hysterical joy hugh robinson flying his curtiss hydro-aeroplane at the north end of the aero drome had seen johnstone's plunge and had started to the rescue some thing appeared floating on the water where the monoplane had struck and if was thought to he the aviator he is swimming the shout went up and robinson will save him four minutes later the curtiss machine landed m ihe water floating lightly on its pontoon darting here and there a thousand field glasses strained tn his direction but soon robinson was seen to wave his hand hopelessly the body had not risen to the surface no motor boats were within a mile of the ecsne although a fleet of a score or xaore had already star^kfrora every direction . j ||; his fatlu^jto find johnstone bod robinson took to the air miss wickes as housekeeper sued by youth daughter of late pullman - magnate is declared trespasser atlantic city x j aug 10.-claim lng that florence lillian wickes daughter of the late millionaire vice president of the pullman car company a former actress said to be still the wife of oilbert john stone of xew york an official of the amer ican tobacco company is merely his house keeper and not a companion as she alleges william h moore a prominent young man of this city has called upon the law to oust the beautiful woman from a hand some country place at abseeon where they have been living for several months the former actress and her mother have barricaded the doors and windows of the residence and she threatens to kill moore if be makes further attempts to get inside today the pair appeared before squire an drews cf abseeon where miss wickes had him haled on the charge of assault and battery which grew out of a visit he made at the house late last night m an effort to get his clothes after hearing the testimony of such a character as to create a sensation among the fashionable residents of the pretty sub urb who flocked from the outlying dis tricts to make up the audience the magis trate held moore under the nominal bail of 550 for his appearance before the octo ber grand jury the woman put up 23 as surety fo hei presence at the court as the prosecuting witness affair reaches acute stage the affair which has been for weeks fermenting reached an acute stage yes terday when moore who says he leased the place from charles mathis a former tcouncilnian of this city and holds the re i-elpts as evidence tried to put miss vv'ickes her mother mrs laura wiekes and a younger sister out of the bouse when they refused to comply he prompt ly had the water gas and electric lights turned off but this didn't disturb them jn the least as far as leaving the place was concerned it did serve however to arouse the ire of miss wiekes and wheu moore appeared and secured entrance to the house by a ruse they engaged m a spat and mix-up that created a furor among the neighbors who soon surrounded the house they say they listened to rather spicy conversation considerably heated that ended m a light m which moore apparent ly got the worst end this morning miss wiekes secured a warrant for his arrest specifically men tioned in the charge was the allegation tfcjt lioore had torn two blond puffs trom | at ocioplainant's beautiful head of hair lfc fense h declared miss wlckes had ao uae for blond puff l her hair is naturally black what use " has anj brunette for snch eolojwd adorh ". ' â€” ~ pope not worse is vatican announcement pontiff convalesces normally but is troubled by return of heat wave special cabin to the examiner rome aug 15 â€” pope piux x passed a favorable day and his i.'onvalescence is proceeding normally he had little or no fever today lie passed a somewhat resticss night principally on account of the heat which has returned with redoubled vigor his holiness however managed to se cure v little rest during the early hours of the morning when the temperature wns somewhat lower dr aniici who is at ihe vatican con stantly made the simple announcement to-day his holiness is do worse the strength of the patient has increased perceptibly during the day he took a few steps about his bedroom without ex periencing auy severe pain the pope is a more obedient patient according to his physicians than his predecessor i.co xiii miss long's tongue heals many offers still pour however on victim of auto accident kansas city mo aug i many let ters containing offi-rs of tongues have been received by sir and mrs 1 l long of independence mo whose daughter inez ixteen years old recently almost bit her tongue off m a motor car accident it was believed lor a time an inch of the tongue of someone else would be required for grafting but physicians now say that the operation will not be necessary miss long still suffers but her tongue is heal ing and among the offers of tongues came one from a man who wants enough money to start him up m business a university of pennsylvania student offers his cheap and a third man asks 30,000 for his bolt hits Chicago girl miss bessie carpenter's clothes set afire by lightning ludington mich ang 15 miss bes sie carpenter of Chicago who is spending the summer at hamlin lake a few miles from here is m a serious condition as a result of her clothing being set afire by a bolt of lightning which struck her while she was out rowing yesterday afternoon had it not been for the drenching rain it is probable she would have been burned to death she was unconscious when found figures in tragic scenes at aviation meet johnstone just before wreck that ended his life badger m machine before fall below the aviator's portrait hydroplane returning with news of johnstone's death aero association mourning deaths continues meet in interest of world science che Chicago aviation meet asso ciation deeply deplores the deaths of william h badger and st croix johnstone the executive com mittee has ordered suitable resolu tions of condolence drafted which resolutions will be spread on the min utes of the association and engrossed copies sent to the relatives of the dead aviators the Chicago aviation meet associa tion has obligated itself to conduct the Chicago aviation meet for a period of nine days m the interest of the ad vancement of the world's knowledge of aeroplanes and their use the chi cago aviation meet association is under pledge to the forty-odd aviators who have entered into contracts with it it is under obligations to the pub lic thousands of whom have come from great distances and at great personal sacrifice to witness these tests of aero planes operated by the most experi enced men m the world it is regrettable that m the advance ment of a new science such as the con quest of the air the sacrifice of human life is not infrequent each one of these deplorable accidents teaches its lesson to the survivors and the world profits thereby the Chicago aviation meet associa tion will continue the programme of aeroplane events which lt has pledged itself to carry out and the meet will be called at the usual time each day james e plew president zion church in aviation huge sigi over tabernacle m six teenth street the christian apostolic church of zion has taken advantage of the aviation meet to attract attention to the tabernacle at michigan avenue and sixteenth street a huge sign twelve by twelve feet with a charcoal sketch of a part of th aviation field and many airships afloat has appeared m front of the tabernacle and underneath is the following quotation who are these that fly aa a uiud as tha doves to tbeir japs give togo loving cup sugar flagship decorates table at banquet of countrymen new york ang lv admiral count togo was the guest of his fellow country men to-night at a banquet given at the plaza there were forty-five persons pres ent and the hotel gold service worth j50 000 was used a silver loving cup two feet high was presented to him on the table was a miniature of his flagship the mikasa made of sugar ami lighted by elcc â– tricity a reception was given for bins to day in the new iofk press club j robbed of 1,480 on car man is victim of pickpockets who get wallet e a harris 54 ingleside avenue was robbed of 1,480 last night on a street car he was standing uear the door inside a southbound cottage grove avenue car when two men crowded close to him pre tending to lose their balance they fell against liiir several times and apologized profusely each tine at fifty-first street the pair left the car harris felt for his wallet which he had carried in his hip pocket and it was gone he otifieil the l>oli('e but roiol give no accurate descrip tion of the pickpockets aa they had stood uehlnd him ______ v fritzi scheff is cautious abandons birthday party owing to fatalities on last occasion new york aug 15 miss fritzi schetf and her husband john fox jr have returned from their place at big stone gap va where they have been spending the summer to begin rehearsals of the new play m which miss schefl will open her season m montreal on septem ber 18 miss schetf explained that she didn't remain iv virgiuia to celebrate her birthday which conies on august 30 be larse la>t year there were three men shot m a light over a bakehall game organ ized m her honor continued on 4th paj^th column l m li i

Chicago examiner fz-jy^i a.ly fair to-day and to-morrow except w possibly a local thunderstorm slight ly warmer to-day moderate variable q x j mvcsl _: k k average b vol ix no 204 a m wednesday wednesday Chicago august 16 1911 18 pages gou^^r of town have tl hiro you on your vacation l h an rÃŸbj|^p--s made as often a esi:ed vacttmm^c-jption rates po_t pai_t dafl^__;aminer two weeks 15 cents daily examiner four weeks 30 cent sunday examiner 1 month 25 cents call up subscription dept main r>ooo or auto no 33sth qim roar racation dcu nd -â€¢ will t-rt jmper follo-taj mÂ«rni a ~. i'llluf omc price one cent e?___l _- rr:tr - two aviators killed in plunge from clouds badger dashed to field johnstone falls 1,000 feet into the lake cheico flyer dmggfid to bottom is shattered tim dip of death kills dther hydroplane rushes over lake m desperate effort to save moisant man badger's skull pierced by bolt from engine and legs broken by the awful crash to field officials decide to continue meet in interest of science two lives was the toll paid yesterday for man's attempt to conquer the air m Chicago the dead are william r badger of the baldwin camp st croix johnstone of the moisant international aviators besides these two deaths there were two other accidents m which both aviators had miraculous escapes c p rodgers m a wright biplane while flying m a passenger-carrying contest plunged into the lake ke was rescued by a fleet of motor boats in the same event walter brook ins also flying a wright lost control of his machine and plunged into the lagoon excavation m the center of the aerodrome both escaped with slight bruises the executive committee of the aviation meet association met last night and after a lengthy discussion decided not to abandon the meet in a statement issued later the committee while deploring the fatalities pointed out that each teaches its lesson to the survivors and the world profits thereby badger was crushed to death under the wreckage of his machine shortly after 3 o'clock when he attempted to negotiate a precipitous plunge toward the earth he had successfully reached the bottom of the dip and had started up when the pressure of t:he air proved too great a strain on the planes ol his flyer and they folded together with a sickening crash continued waveringly upward for a second and then dropped johnstone lost his life when his monoplane plunged into the lake about a mile from shore just north of the Illinois central depot the screams of thousands of horrified spectators went into the air when he plunged out of sight beneath the surface of the water this acci dent completely upset the nerves of the multitude strained to the breaking point by the horrible death of badger earlier m the afternoon the moisant flyer had been trying for the endurance prize and had been tip m the air since 1 : 30 his t all took place well after 6 o'clock the first warning that the spectators had was a connonlike report accom panied by a flash of flame the gaso line tank had exploded partially de stroying one of the wings from the height of a thousand feet almost straight as a plummet nose pointed d ownward loose cloth streaming oui behind the aeroplane dove toward the earth a groan which gathered volume as it passed from mouth to mouth wa heard from one end of the field to the other then after the monoplane went out of sight into the water there was a period of intense silence , then another cry went up this time one of almost hysterical joy hugh robinson flying his curtiss hydro-aeroplane at the north end of the aero drome had seen johnstone's plunge and had started to the rescue some thing appeared floating on the water where the monoplane had struck and if was thought to he the aviator he is swimming the shout went up and robinson will save him four minutes later the curtiss machine landed m ihe water floating lightly on its pontoon darting here and there a thousand field glasses strained tn his direction but soon robinson was seen to wave his hand hopelessly the body had not risen to the surface no motor boats were within a mile of the ecsne although a fleet of a score or xaore had already star^kfrora every direction . j ||; his fatlu^jto find johnstone bod robinson took to the air miss wickes as housekeeper sued by youth daughter of late pullman - magnate is declared trespasser atlantic city x j aug 10.-claim lng that florence lillian wickes daughter of the late millionaire vice president of the pullman car company a former actress said to be still the wife of oilbert john stone of xew york an official of the amer ican tobacco company is merely his house keeper and not a companion as she alleges william h moore a prominent young man of this city has called upon the law to oust the beautiful woman from a hand some country place at abseeon where they have been living for several months the former actress and her mother have barricaded the doors and windows of the residence and she threatens to kill moore if be makes further attempts to get inside today the pair appeared before squire an drews cf abseeon where miss wickes had him haled on the charge of assault and battery which grew out of a visit he made at the house late last night m an effort to get his clothes after hearing the testimony of such a character as to create a sensation among the fashionable residents of the pretty sub urb who flocked from the outlying dis tricts to make up the audience the magis trate held moore under the nominal bail of 550 for his appearance before the octo ber grand jury the woman put up 23 as surety fo hei presence at the court as the prosecuting witness affair reaches acute stage the affair which has been for weeks fermenting reached an acute stage yes terday when moore who says he leased the place from charles mathis a former tcouncilnian of this city and holds the re i-elpts as evidence tried to put miss vv'ickes her mother mrs laura wiekes and a younger sister out of the bouse when they refused to comply he prompt ly had the water gas and electric lights turned off but this didn't disturb them jn the least as far as leaving the place was concerned it did serve however to arouse the ire of miss wiekes and wheu moore appeared and secured entrance to the house by a ruse they engaged m a spat and mix-up that created a furor among the neighbors who soon surrounded the house they say they listened to rather spicy conversation considerably heated that ended m a light m which moore apparent ly got the worst end this morning miss wiekes secured a warrant for his arrest specifically men tioned in the charge was the allegation tfcjt lioore had torn two blond puffs trom | at ocioplainant's beautiful head of hair lfc fense h declared miss wlckes had ao uae for blond puff l her hair is naturally black what use " has anj brunette for snch eolojwd adorh ". ' â€” ~ pope not worse is vatican announcement pontiff convalesces normally but is troubled by return of heat wave special cabin to the examiner rome aug 15 â€” pope piux x passed a favorable day and his i.'onvalescence is proceeding normally he had little or no fever today lie passed a somewhat resticss night principally on account of the heat which has returned with redoubled vigor his holiness however managed to se cure v little rest during the early hours of the morning when the temperature wns somewhat lower dr aniici who is at ihe vatican con stantly made the simple announcement to-day his holiness is do worse the strength of the patient has increased perceptibly during the day he took a few steps about his bedroom without ex periencing auy severe pain the pope is a more obedient patient according to his physicians than his predecessor i.co xiii miss long's tongue heals many offers still pour however on victim of auto accident kansas city mo aug i many let ters containing offi-rs of tongues have been received by sir and mrs 1 l long of independence mo whose daughter inez ixteen years old recently almost bit her tongue off m a motor car accident it was believed lor a time an inch of the tongue of someone else would be required for grafting but physicians now say that the operation will not be necessary miss long still suffers but her tongue is heal ing and among the offers of tongues came one from a man who wants enough money to start him up m business a university of pennsylvania student offers his cheap and a third man asks 30,000 for his bolt hits Chicago girl miss bessie carpenter's clothes set afire by lightning ludington mich ang 15 miss bes sie carpenter of Chicago who is spending the summer at hamlin lake a few miles from here is m a serious condition as a result of her clothing being set afire by a bolt of lightning which struck her while she was out rowing yesterday afternoon had it not been for the drenching rain it is probable she would have been burned to death she was unconscious when found figures in tragic scenes at aviation meet johnstone just before wreck that ended his life badger m machine before fall below the aviator's portrait hydroplane returning with news of johnstone's death aero association mourning deaths continues meet in interest of world science che Chicago aviation meet asso ciation deeply deplores the deaths of william h badger and st croix johnstone the executive com mittee has ordered suitable resolu tions of condolence drafted which resolutions will be spread on the min utes of the association and engrossed copies sent to the relatives of the dead aviators the Chicago aviation meet associa tion has obligated itself to conduct the Chicago aviation meet for a period of nine days m the interest of the ad vancement of the world's knowledge of aeroplanes and their use the chi cago aviation meet association is under pledge to the forty-odd aviators who have entered into contracts with it it is under obligations to the pub lic thousands of whom have come from great distances and at great personal sacrifice to witness these tests of aero planes operated by the most experi enced men m the world it is regrettable that m the advance ment of a new science such as the con quest of the air the sacrifice of human life is not infrequent each one of these deplorable accidents teaches its lesson to the survivors and the world profits thereby the Chicago aviation meet associa tion will continue the programme of aeroplane events which lt has pledged itself to carry out and the meet will be called at the usual time each day james e plew president zion church in aviation huge sigi over tabernacle m six teenth street the christian apostolic church of zion has taken advantage of the aviation meet to attract attention to the tabernacle at michigan avenue and sixteenth street a huge sign twelve by twelve feet with a charcoal sketch of a part of th aviation field and many airships afloat has appeared m front of the tabernacle and underneath is the following quotation who are these that fly aa a uiud as tha doves to tbeir japs give togo loving cup sugar flagship decorates table at banquet of countrymen new york ang lv admiral count togo was the guest of his fellow country men to-night at a banquet given at the plaza there were forty-five persons pres ent and the hotel gold service worth j50 000 was used a silver loving cup two feet high was presented to him on the table was a miniature of his flagship the mikasa made of sugar ami lighted by elcc â– tricity a reception was given for bins to day in the new iofk press club j robbed of 1,480 on car man is victim of pickpockets who get wallet e a harris 54 ingleside avenue was robbed of 1,480 last night on a street car he was standing uear the door inside a southbound cottage grove avenue car when two men crowded close to him pre tending to lose their balance they fell against liiir several times and apologized profusely each tine at fifty-first street the pair left the car harris felt for his wallet which he had carried in his hip pocket and it was gone he otifieil the l>oli('e but roiol give no accurate descrip tion of the pickpockets aa they had stood uehlnd him ______ v fritzi scheff is cautious abandons birthday party owing to fatalities on last occasion new york aug 15 miss fritzi schetf and her husband john fox jr have returned from their place at big stone gap va where they have been spending the summer to begin rehearsals of the new play m which miss schefl will open her season m montreal on septem ber 18 miss schetf explained that she didn't remain iv virgiuia to celebrate her birthday which conies on august 30 be larse la>t year there were three men shot m a light over a bakehall game organ ized m her honor continued on 4th paj^th column l m li i